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Post by NelsonMinar »

quaintdev wrote: post #35

Somebody needs to figure out how to move millions of people from one platform to other. Otherwise we will never get better platforms and our current techlords will keep getting richer.

Migration in Mastodon works quite well. You're still confined to the one ActivityPub platform but you can easily move to a new server with a new community and different policies.

In the early days of social media it was a standard that you could get your lists of friends, etc out and then use them to bootstrap your social network on new social media. All the big players like Twitter and Facebook took advantage of that and then locked down their own platforms to make it hard for you to move your social network out of them.

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Post by kevinfiol »

amazingamazing wrote: post #106

Why do people feel the need to go to X so strongly? What am I missing? I don't use nitter or X

Because important information or information I care about is at times exclusively posted on Twitter, like news from my local municipality. I am not a Twitter/X user, so having Nitter as an option is important to me.

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Post by [deleted] »

gloosx wrote: post #82
codechicago277 wrote: post #3

Few details but glad to see the project will continue. Given how much crucial information is posted exclusively to X, having an alternative frontend is important. Interesting that they were inspired by Invidious (alternative YouTube frontend). That’s another project that could use some love. Hopefully AI coding tools can do some good and make it easier for these projects to find ways into the walled gardens and work…

If you dont mind, could you share an example of information posted exclusively on twitter which was crucial to you? Just curious;)

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Re: Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice

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Post by specproc »

gspr wrote: post #137
quaintdev wrote: post #35

Somebody needs to figure out how to move millions of people from one platform to other. Otherwise we will never get better platforms and our current techlords will keep getting richer.

We could mandate that any platform beyond a certain (huge) size must provide open interoperability APIs. Less radically, we can demand that any entity that takes any public money (and of course public entities themselves) avoid communicating solely through closed platforms. It's insane that the primary public communication channel for e.g. certain UK government institutions and the Norwegian police, was Twitter at on…

This is the correct approach. If these American companies want to operate in our countries, and maintain their positions as our primary information channels, then they need to obey laws.

We need open APIs, transparent algorithms, and above all, accountability.

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Post by angoragoats »

quotemstr wrote: post #93
Deukhoofd wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're talking about the "free-speech platform" that bans words like "cis" and "cisgender"? https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/on-elons-whim-x-now-treats... The platform that randomly banned journalists for using Substack? https://newrepublic.com/post/179067/twitter-files-matt-taibb... The same platform that banned left-wing journalists because they were criticizing Musk? https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-…

I don't know what all that's about, but the day-to-day experience is that you can find a wide range of opinions on X and a much narrower range on alternatives. I don't think a lot of people who aren't already on these alternatives are in favor of restricting the range of expressed opinions.

"I don't know what all those sources that describe specific instances of Twitter restricting free speech are about, but my vibes tell me that the other platforms restrict free speech."

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Post by swed420 »

CensorshipSux wrote: post #170
amazingamazing wrote: post #106

Why do people feel the need to go to X so strongly? What am I missing? I don't use nitter or X

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> The masses will never use HN

That's a feature I'm thankful for.

> they are control freaks over speech - they don’t let people share their opinions and they are too ban happy.

I constantly shit on capital interests here, and am thrilled they tolerate it considering what YC does as a company. This place has extremely fair moderation compared to basically all other platforms, including X (don't forget about rampant dark patterns).

> A guy like Dang will never make anything people want because he gets off too much on shutting people down.

I don't know him, but that seems absurd based on all posts I've seen by him. Also, if you want something so bad, build it yourself or stfu.

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Post by ballon_monkey »

afavour wrote: post #130
ballon_monkey wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> iirc your comments weren't even making any big statements, just giving out your simple opinions without even invoking any political beliefs Initially I did type out more, but I didn't want to turn it into an argument, so I kept its simple. I just don't like that the left keep spouting out that elon did a nazi salute when he didn't, and his gesture is no different to anything the democrats have done. But HN is frust…

You’ve said a few times that it isn’t different to anything democrats have done. Can you point to some specific examples?

hagbard_c replied with a bunch of examples to the initial reply to me.

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Post by bix6 »

alansaber wrote: post #52
psolidgold wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Serious comment: I wonder how this dynamic will change when AI has some real legal chops. One could spin up agents that could sift through all the BS discovery docs and correspondence they send to waste time and money. The agents could presumably even file the necessary paperwork on your behalf. Obviously not a lawyer, just food for thought.

AI is good at volume, bad at accuracy and nuance. Of all the tasks to go through with a fine-toothed comb (ie, manually) legal is one.

And yet all the lawyers are dripping in AI. I got a near final doc from one the other day with a bunch of perplexity bullshit in it. How is this real life…

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Post by andOlga »

Tostino wrote: post #36
miningtcup wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that this is different because Nitter uses real X accounts for scraping, rather than publicly available data.

Explain to me why that matters at all in an ethical sense. Especially given the scraping / pirating that's gone on by all of these companies in the last number of years.

When have ethics ever mattered in law?

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Post by tempodox »

lukan wrote: post #75
codechicago277 wrote: post #3

Few details but glad to see the project will continue. Given how much crucial information is posted exclusively to X, having an alternative frontend is important. Interesting that they were inspired by Invidious (alternative YouTube frontend). That’s another project that could use some love. Hopefully AI coding tools can do some good and make it easier for these projects to find ways into the walled gardens and work…

"Maybe we can call it “agent first” to help move things along." "Agent First" API access for social networks. What could possibly go wrong.

And the irony is that we don’t even need APIs for social networks to drown in botspam.
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